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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Westmorland and Furness Council. Covers the former Barrow-in-Furness, Eden and South Lakeland council areas.Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Westmorland and Furness website
0 approved · 0 refused · 2,985 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 1974 to 4 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 8 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
LAND ADJOINING BRACKENBER COURT, HAZELWOOD, PENRITH
Received 17 Sept 1996THE BIGGINS, HIGH BIGGINS, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2NP
Received 27 Aug 200468 Kentsford Road, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7BB
Received 28 Feb 2017Crown Rise, New Barns Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0BD
Received 19 Sept 2014THE WATERMILL, LITTLE SALKELD, PENRITH, CA10 1NN
Received 20 Jul 2005LITTLE CHEF RESTAURANT, A591, SOUTHBOUND, PRIZET
Received 9 Feb 2000SIM GYLL, GRAYRIGG, KENDAL, LA8 9BY
Received 19 Oct 20058 PENNY HILL PARK, PENRITH, CA11 9JW
Received 14 Aug 2012THE GLOUCESTER ARMS, GREAT DOCKRAY, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 7DE
Received 2 Dec 20117 FINKLE STREET, KENDAL, LA9 4AB
Received 3 Sept 2004LAMBSGATE FARM, HIGH SKELGILL, ALSTON
Received 29 Feb 2000CHERRY CROFT, KENTSFORD ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 3 May 19969A MAIN STREET, KIRKBY LONSDALE, CUMBRIA, LA6 2AY
Received 10 Feb 2005THORNEYCROFT FARM, NEWBY, PENRITH
Received 9 Mar 199828-30, SHAP ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 6BZ
Received 14 Sept 201265 Paddock Drive Kendal Cumbria LA9 5FJ
Received 25 Apr 2024THE BUNGALOW, CARK HALL, CARK-IN-CARTMEL
Received 10 Jun 19919 HARLING BANK, KIRKBY LONSDALE
Received 30 Dec 19976 ALBERT COURT, BROOK STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7XH
Received 9 Jun 2014SYCAMORE RISE, GREAT ASBY
Received 18 May 2003SILVERBAND STORE, KNOCK, APPLEBY
Received 10 Jun 1996MILL BECK, MIDDLETON, KIRKBY LONSDALE
Received 8 Aug 19919A Coach House, Thorny Hills, KENDAL, LA9 7AL
Received 7 Jun 2019GRANGE COTTAGE, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SB
Received 8 Mar 2016Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Westmorland and Furness Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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